Dr. Amita Bhakta has a BA (Hons) Human Geography and an MRes Geography at the University of Leicester, UK. She became the first Indian woman with Cerebral Palsy to complete her PhD (2013-2019) at the Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University, UK. Her thesis was on the WASH needs of women making the transition to menopause (perimenopause) in urban Ghana. Besides this topic, Dr Bhakta also has expertise on the incontinence needs of people in low and middle-income countries, accessible WASH facilities and modern energy cooking services for people with disabilities, intersectionality and PhotoVoice (participatory photography). For more information visit: https://www.amita-bhakta-hidden-wash.net/
The desk review intends to inform conversations and advise decision-makers on standard approaches for enabling groups of actors working on complex... Read more...
Using real life examples to show how Political Economy Analysis (PEA) can be used in practical ways in WASH system planning and promotion. Read more...
This report presents a theoretical cost-to-serve by Safe Water Enterprises (SWEs) for the estimated 3.8 billion people without safely treated water. Read more...
Early results of Transform WASH capacity building activities that will help improve and refine WASH programming. Read more...
Key lessons and strategies to improve sanitation product and service delivery in the region by the USAID Transform project and key stakeholders. Read more...
Among Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partners there is lowered confidence especially in managing untreated wastewater and faecal sludge. Non-... Read more...
This paper examines methodological options for calculating a 'total service gap', a measure that would combine data on each rung of the service... Read more...
The Mayor of Banfora is well aware that improving water services will really help Sanata and many others in his district. Read more...
This toolkit aims to support WaterAid's country strategy and programme development as well as 'everyday' decision making by providing a structured... Read more...
The economic impacts of inadequate sanitation for health, access time and tourism is estimated to be INR 2.4 trillion ($53.8 billion) in 2006. In... Read more...
Existing models used for financing water infrastructure development do not seem very applicable to the realities of small towns. Read more...
This study provides new evidence that WASH access and practices are associated with self-reported reproductive tract infection symptoms in rural... Read more...
Interventions that ensure women have access to private facilities with water for Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and that educate women about... Read more...
Communal groundwater supplies are likely to remain the main source of improved water supplies for many rural areas in Africa and South Asia for... Read more...
Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers... Read more...
An introduction to IRC's systems approach, the building blocks for WASH systems and measuring WASH systems strengthening. Read more...